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embedded/green IT/linux
15.05.2010
14:28

Tiny "fit-PC 2" Replacing Old Desktop PC

Recently I bought a "fit-PC 2" from CompuLab to replace my desktop PC at the Weltcafé reception. The predecessor was a Fujitsu Siemens computer from 2003 which replaced itself for a short time my VIA Epia EN1200.

 

I made a photo of these three computers and I measured approximatley the power consumption. And it's really estonishing: the tiny "fit-PC 2" is the fastest of it all and consumes only about 10 W even during watching youtube-videos.

 

Inside the metal box is working a single core Intel Atom Z530 with Hyper Threading at 1.6 GHz. It's equipped with 1 GB DDR2-RAM, a Samsung 250GB hard disk and even a RaLink RT3090 wireless card. There is only a HDMI-output but CompuLab includes a HDMI-DVI connector. With my DVI-VGA adaptors I cannot see any analog output but I don't need it at all.

 

The "fit-PC 2" comes preinstalled with Ubuntu 9.10. Of course, I tried to upgrade immediately to current Ubuntu 10.04 but afterwards the graphic output was slow and my special resolution (1440x900) failed :-(

Reason for this is the Intel Graphics inside: a GMA 500. For this you need the Intel Embedded Graphics Driver (iegd) for X.org. But this driver is closed source and it's not available yet for xorg-server 1.7 which is used in Ubuntu 10.04.

 

So, I had to reinstall Ubuntu 9.10 which was quite easy: download desktop ISO-image, write it with unetbootin on a USB-memory stick, boot and install. And now I'm waiting for Intel and follow the "fit-PC 2" forum for a release of Ubuntu 10.04 for "fit-PC 2".

 

I like this tiny device. It's sufficiant fast for my needs, it's silent (you only here the hard disk a little bit), has low power consumption and it's perfect small.

 

I bought my device from in Germany from SH EDV Vertrieb for 406 EUR including VAT and shipping to Germany.

 

 

Here is a /proc/cpuinfo for people like me googleing for it:

ab@ab-fit:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo 
processor	: 0
vendor_id	: GenuineIntel
cpu family	: 6
model		: 28
model name	: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU Z530   @ 1.60GHz
stepping	: 2
cpu MHz		: 800.000
cache size	: 512 KB
physical id	: 0
siblings	: 2
core id		: 0
cpu cores	: 1
apicid		: 0
initial apicid	: 0
fdiv_bug	: no
hlt_bug		: no
f00f_bug	: no
coma_bug	: no
fpu		: yes
fpu_exception	: yes
cpuid level	: 10
wp		: yes
flags		: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat 
                  clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx constant_tsc 
                  arch_perfmon pebs bts pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 
                  xtpr pdcm movbe lahf_lm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority
bogomips	: 3191.90
clflush size	: 64
power management:

processor	: 1
vendor_id	: GenuineIntel
cpu family	: 6
model		: 28
model name	: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU Z530   @ 1.60GHz
stepping	: 2
cpu MHz		: 800.000
cache size	: 512 KB
physical id	: 0
siblings	: 2
core id		: 0
cpu cores	: 1
apicid		: 1
initial apicid	: 1
fdiv_bug	: no
hlt_bug		: no
f00f_bug	: no
coma_bug	: no
fpu		: yes
fpu_exception	: yes
cpuid level	: 10
wp		: yes
flags		: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat 
                  clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx constant_tsc 
                  arch_perfmon pebs bts pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 
                  ssse3 xtpr pdcm movbe lahf_lm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority
bogomips	: 3191.94
clflush size	: 64
power management:
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embedded/green IT/linux
08.03.2010
18:31

Via Epia EN1200 cpuinfo

processor       : 0
vendor_id       : CentaurHauls
cpu family      : 6
model           : 10
model name      : VIA Esther processor 1200MHz
stepping        : 9
cpu MHz         : 1196.946
cache size      : 128 KB
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 1
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge cmov
pat clflush acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 tm pni est tm2 rng rng_en ace ace_en ace2
ace2_en phe phe_en pmm pmm_en
bogomips        : 2393.89
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 36 bits physical, 32 bits virtual
power management:

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linux/typo3
22.11.2009
14:58

Google Chrome for Linux speeds up Typo3 Backend

Last week, I read the september issue of the Linuxjournal about the Google Chromium development and I was happy to find a development linux version online.

 

With this version installed in debian stable and testing, it is now possible to write fluently text into the Typo3 htmlarea RTE!

Even with the speeded up version 3.5 of Firefox this was awful on slow computers like my VIA Epia EN1200 or even on the J8F9 Jetway board.

 

So I am very impressed about the Javascript speed of Google Crome (current version is 4.0.249) and I will use it at least in the Typo3 backend.

 

The development tools are not that impressive. So stay with the perfect Firefox + Firebug combination.

 

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